The end is FINALLY here. My digital artefact, a series of videos following popular trends on the viral app ‘TikTok’ are ready to be presented and marked.

BCM114 has taught me a wide ranged series of skills based around viral content and digital media, as well as a few life lessons along the way. FEFO has become a mantra I now live by. I discovered my first idea was a failure half way into this subject, so my final project was a quick paced piece of work, that (somehow) ended up being 100x more exemplary! I am so proud of the videos I have made in such a short space of time and I truly think I have found a passion for TikTok, maybe even becoming a bit addicted to the app?!

I am now close to 7k followers and have nearly 140k accumulative likes across my videos, in particular these likes come from 2 videos. I have 80k likes on my first viral video and 55k likes on my second, the two videos together having over half a million views. TikTok videos seem to be quick videos that look relatively easy to make, however the videos took me up to (no exaggeration) 2 hours to make and there was some serious acting that needed to be involved. Aside from this flaw, the videos were extremely fun to make and the community on the app are so supportive and kind in majority. My friends now call me a ‘TikTok expert’ since I have taught them about the ‘for you page’ and the current trends that receive more attention.

A moment I am most proud of this semester is when I took a risk and changed my Digital Artefact. My original idea of a youtube series, although creative, lacked in effort and interest. By changing my DA, I indulged in a project I was intrigued with and passionate about. Passion drove me to create a DA I was truly invested in and was proud of. Taking risks is something I never do…however I am ecstatic with the results of this risk.

@juliajanejohnson

The link above is to my TikTok profile, you can view all my content there. Thank you to everyone who has liked and viewed my videos as well as following, keep watching to see more content in the future..I’m going to keep on going. BCM114 has been a subject I have actually thoroughly enjoyed, it has taught me so much and I’ll never forget it.

Until next time,

Jules x